Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-02-26

I7.s ROMANCE or rnE MINES.
The Early Days of Mrs. Maakay and the
Present Princess Colonne.
St Louis Republican.
..This is indeed apeculiar world" said
mining expert at the Pianters' house
yesterday. "Here I pickup the papers
and read of Mrs. Mackay's doings in
Paris-how she receives the scicns Of
royalty, how she entertains, how she sp-
pears at the opera, how she dresses, and
how she does q thousand other things; and
then can scarcely conceive that eighteen
years ago she kept boarding house IN
Virgins City and that I was one Of her
boarders. Yet it Is true; and I often
ponder over it. She was ayoung widow
then, with an interesting child who has
since matured into q young lady and
was recently married to an Italian prince
of some kind. The little girl has often
sat on my knee with little tin can in
her hand which contained the contribu-
tions OF her admirers. In those days we
lived principally on canned food, and
Mrs. Mackay's back yard was paved with
tin cans. The child had selected q very
pretty can, which one of the boarders
transformed into a little bank. This
was partly filed with the coin, the re-
suit of tribute which she levied on her
friends. She would climb on the board
ers kneee, and shaking her little bank,
would say: "Is you lucky to-day ~
This query had the desired effect, and
the bank receipts were increased. Even
in her days of distress Mrs. Mackay Was
good woman. She personally super
intended affairs and made her boarders
rs comfortable as possible. I was then
then a superintendent under Fair,
and Mackay was already millionaire.
Mining stock was the rage then and I
remember often how she would come to
me and some of the other boarders and
ask our advice about certain stocks, and
am happy to say that the advice I
gave her was good, and if had taken
it myself I would now be 100000
better off than am.
Then Mackay took a shine to the
widow, and being reputed one of the
wealthiest men in the camp he found
smooth sailing. He couldn't win on his
shape nor his beauty. for everybody who
has seen Mackay knows that he wouldn't
take a prize in congress of beauty.
They were married, and the little girl no
longer sat on miners knees, mammals
delicate hand no longer placed cornbeef
and cabbage on miners plates. They
rose faster than Sheridan stock did last
summer, the only difference being that
their rise was backed by hard coin. The
great Comstock lode continued to pour
forth it's richness and Mackay and his
partner became Immensely wealthy. Al
though reared in poor circumstances,
Mrs. Mackay showed her good sense by
securing private tutor, by whom she
was drilled and educated for five years.
The little daughter was put through the
same course and fitted to shine in the
most cultured society of the old world.
Then came the conquests in New York,
San Francisco, and finally the trips to
Europe. A year ago was in Paris and
attended performance at the Grand op-
era house. It was a first night, and
prominent in private box we're two Ia
dies bedecked with diamonds and fes-
TONED with flowers. They were the
cynosure of all eyes and, leveling my
glasses I discovered behind the silks,
flowers and diamonds the face of my
former landlady in Virginia City. The
outlines we're the same, but time had
wrought its changes. The young lady
with her was the little girl who used to
play on my knee. She had grown out
of my recollection. As I stood looking
at them midst the flashing lights, the
incense of flowers, and the delicious mu-
sic, could not help recalling some
thing Of
'Sone one who breasted high water,
Swan the North Fork and all that,
Just to dance with old FOliansbee's daughter,
The lily of Poverty Flat"
The New and Latter House of Israel.
The Chatham and Rochester Neaus re-
ports split in the strange sect who call
themselves the New and Latter House
Of Israel, and who nave established their
haadnuartars af Chatham hill whera